diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa279c5871c..06397cbee94 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@
     "mongodb-runner": "^3.4.0",
     "react-addons-test-utils": "^15.2.1",
     "sinon": "^1.17.6",
+    "sinon-chai": "^2.8.0",
     "spectron": "^3.2.6",
     "xvfb-maybe": "^0.1.3"
   },
diff --git a/src/app/connect/index.js b/src/app/connect/index.js
index e6344144bbc..5b966b2e961 100644
--- a/src/app/connect/index.js
+++ b/src/app/connect/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var dialog = remote.dialog;
 var Clipboard = remote.clipboard;
 var BrowserWindow = remote.BrowserWindow;
 var metrics = require('mongodb-js-metrics')();
-var COMPASS_ICON = require('../../icon');
+var COMPASS_ICON_PATH = require('../../icon').path;
 
 var debug = require('debug')('mongodb-compass:connect:index');
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ var ConnectView = View.extend({
       // ask user if Compass should use it to fill out form
       dialog.showMessageBox(BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow(), {
         type: 'info',
-        icon: COMPASS_ICON,
+        icon: COMPASS_ICON_PATH,
         message: 'MongoDB connection string detected',
         detail: 'Compass detected a MongoDB connection string in your '
           + 'clipboard. Do you want to use the connection string to '
diff --git a/src/internal-packages/schema/lib/store/index.js b/src/internal-packages/schema/lib/store/index.js
index 18b7860523b..29c614e796a 100644
--- a/src/internal-packages/schema/lib/store/index.js
+++ b/src/internal-packages/schema/lib/store/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const schemaStream = require('mongodb-schema').stream;
 const toNS = require('mongodb-ns');
 const ReadPreference = require('mongodb').ReadPreference;
 
-const COMPASS_ICON = require('../../../../icon');
+const COMPASS_ICON_PATH = require('../../../../icon').path;
 
 /**
  * The default read preference.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const SchemaStore = Reflux.createStore({
 
     dialog.showMessageBox(BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow(), {
       type: 'info',
-      icon: COMPASS_ICON,
+      icon: COMPASS_ICON_PATH,
       message: 'Share Schema',
       detail: detail,
       buttons: ['OK']
diff --git a/test/renderer/share-schema-as-json.test.js b/test/renderer/share-schema-as-json.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8c2aeef4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/renderer/share-schema-as-json.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* eslint no-unused-expressions: 0 */
+const app = require('hadron-app');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const { remote } = require('electron');
+const chai = require('chai');
+const sinonChai = require('sinon-chai');
+const expect = chai.expect;
+const COMPASS_ICON_PATH = require('../../src/icon').path;
+
+// For `expect(mySpy).to.have.been.calledWith("foo");` syntax
+chai.use(sinonChai);
+
+describe('SchemaStore', function() {
+  let writeText;
+  let showMessageBox;
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    this.SchemaStore = app.appRegistry.getStore('Schema.Store');
+    this.clipboardSpy = sinon.spy();
+    this.messageBoxSpy = sinon.spy();
+    writeText = remote.clipboard.writeText;
+    showMessageBox = remote.dialog.showMessageBox;
+    remote.clipboard.writeText = this.clipboardSpy;
+    remote.dialog.showMessageBox = this.messageBoxSpy;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(function() {
+    remote.clipboard.writeText = writeText;
+    remote.dialog.showMessageBox = showMessageBox;
+  });
+
+  context('shares a "null" schema as JSON', function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      // Note that normally this menu option is only exposed after the user has
+      // connected to an instance, navigated to a collection and sampled schema
+      this.SchemaStore.handleSchemaShare();
+    });
+    it('copies to the clipboard', function() {
+      expect(this.clipboardSpy).to.have.been.calledWith('null');
+    });
+    it('displays an informative message box', function() {
+      expect(this.messageBoxSpy).to.have.been.calledWith(null, {
+        buttons: ['OK'],
+        detail: 'The schema definition of ' +
+        ' has been copied to your clipboard in JSON format.',
+        icon: COMPASS_ICON_PATH,
+        message: 'Share Schema',
+        type: 'info'
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});